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by Henry Oliver
Henry Oliver's newsletter is a running argument that serious reading belongs to everyone: close readings of Middlemarch, Wordsworth and Samuel Johnson sit beside essays on whether the decline of reading threatens democracy and what criticism is for if not close reading. Opinionated, prolific and generous with recommendations.
July 13, 2026
Scott Alexander's team publishes its plan for AI going well, Joel Mokyr defends his Nobel thesis, and Ted Gioia argues the Odyssey belongs in the music department.
January 12, 2026
Dan Carlin's Alexander the Great series reaches its third installment, Quanta reports on weakening dark energy, and a Philosophize This! episode on Dostoevsky's demons.
March 30, 2026
Veritasium tells the story of antimatter's discovery, PBS Space Time asks if we can test quantum gravity, and Experimental History on why being serious matters.
